Dump Truck Flips Onto Car In Route 32 Crash: State Police

WINDHAM, CT — A dump truck fell on top of a car in a crash earlier this week on Route 32, state police said.

State police said the crash took place at 3:42 p.m. Wednesday on Route 32 at the intersection with Old Windham Road in South Windham.

When troopers arrived at the scene, they encountered an overturned dump truck, according to a crash report. State police said a preliminary investigation revealed that a 2019 white Subaru Impreza operated by a 21-year-old Baltic man was traveling southbound on Route 32 when a northbound 2000 Volvo ACL dump truck being operated by a 25-year-old Jewett City man suddenly swerved left into the southbound lane striking the Subaru Impreza.

The Volvo ACL dump truck then rolled over onto its right side on-top of the Subaru Impreza, according to a crash report.

A 2014 Red Dodge Journey being operated by a 51-year-old woman from Willimantic was traveling southbound on Route 32 behind the Subaru Impreza and during the rollover sequence struck the right rear dump body of the truck, according to a crash report.

The operator of the Volvo ACL was transported to Backus Hospital for minor injuries, the operator and passenger (a 19-year-old Willimantic woman) of the Dodge Journey were transported to Windham Hospital for minor injuries, according to state police.

The operator of the Subaru Impreza was transported to Backus Hospital and then flown to Windham Hospital with serious-life threatening injuries,. state police said